Learning objective
- To understand what it means to have a healthy diet
Statutory guidance
Pupils should know:
- what constitutes a healthy diet (including understanding calories and other nutritional content)
- the principles of planning and preparing a range of healthy meals
- the characteristics of a poor diet and risks associated with unhealthy eating (including, for example, obesity and tooth decay) and other behaviours (e.g. the impact of alcohol on diet or health)
Success criteria
Cross-curricular links
Before the lesson
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Attention grabber
Main event
Differentiation
Pupils needing extra support: Provide with a copy of the Activity: Food groups diagram for pupils to visually see which foods are in each food group.
Pupils working at greater depth: Challenge to design their own balanced dish and explain why it is a healthy plate of food. Skip class example on slide 6 and see if the pupils can determine where each ingredient needs to sit on their own. Seek a deeper understanding through open questioning and by asking them to justify their answers.
Wrapping up
Assessing pupils' progress and understanding
Vocabulary
In this topic
- Assessment - Y1/2 (B): Health and wellbeing
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 1: Understanding my feelings
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 2: Steps to success
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 3: Developing a growth mindset
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 4: Being active
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 5: Relaxation: breathing exercises
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 6: Healthy diet
- Y1/2 (B): Lesson 7: Looking after our teeth